REVIEW: Trimeasy Wallpaper Trimmer

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this is a 1st class addition to any toolbox.

the website is a car crash, the tool can be ordered with confidence by anyone who is about to do any wallpapering.

hth

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Erm! its a glorified stanley knife.

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again, a 3rd rate pointless post from the 3rd earl of derby.

have you used one ? have you done any wallpapering ? do you actually do /any/ DIY ? what is your point ?

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

The point is I've never had the need to buy a gizmo when a new stanley knife blade works for trimming wallpaper.

A pkt of 5 blades cost 80p

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and, as anyone who has *actually used* them to cut wallpaper will know, they tear wallpaper with an _alarming ease and frequency_

so, it's clear you've never /used/ one but you know all about the trimeasy ?

*classic*

for anyone else who is interested in the trimeasy we'll leave the turd earl of derby to play with himself in fantasy land and I'll explain.

the trimeasy contains 2 x 3mm wide blades up front, set up one in front of the other which, thanks to a sewing machine / tattoo gun type motion, gently perforate the wallpaper. once you have aligned the paper and knocked the corners in with a stiff brush, all you have to do is run the trimeasy down the corner, skirting, architrave or around the light switch and the tool creates a perfect perforated cut every time *without* the need to bugger about with scissors, blades or those circular blades (which have their uses)

quite simply, it's the dogs danglies. no tears /or/ tears ;-) no fuss, just a clean straight cut every time. no peeling the paper off, cutting, re-laying or anything else. a proper cut 1st time, every time.

I have no affiliation to the company which makes them, I'm just a satisfied customer who has saved about 20% of my time today and about 70% of my nerves. I also cut down on waste from poorly trimmed corners.

_well worth £15 when I have another 8 rooms and a hallway/staiwell to paper_

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Its easy when you know how, you just crease the wallpaper into the corners and let the wallpaper dry out before cutting/trimming it with the blade.

If you want to trim it when its wet just aquire a piece of thin aluminium about 12"x2" wide sharpen an edge on it. Place the sharpend edge into the corner then run the stanley blade along the sharpened edge.

Beats paying a ludicrus gizmo price.

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I know how:

plonk !

(there goes yet another argumentative luddite)

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Oh! shucks isn't thats what usernet is all about.

ps its not agumentive its constructive criticism.

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

I san forsee this instrument failing on embossed patterned wallpaper. :-)

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is what I /used/ to do. in fact, my first task today was to loosen the light switches in preparation. (what a waste of time ! now there's no need for all that, seriously) then I remembered that I'd bought the trimeasy last week and that I'd put some AAs on charge last night.

saved a /lot/ of buggering about, I can tell you.

blimming luddites :-)

[John Stumbles]

loosen the screws and tuck the paper _behind_ the plate

Bloody hammatures ... [mutter] :-)

[Dave Liquorice]

Agreed unless you change the blade after half a dozen or so cuts. They lose their edge very quickly.

And how do you unstick the paper from the skirting or ceiling once it's dried?

One of these is probably better:

picture doesn't show the little flange along the back edge that rests in the corner where the paper is to end. Place the guide against the wall with flange on top of skirting or corner wall/ceiling. Gently brush paper onto guide face then with *sharp* blade slice off the waste. Remove guide and brush paper trimmed to exactly the right lenght and straight onto wall. Works very well and I prefer the straight line it produces over a woggly one following the contours of the wall/skirting/ceiling.

[Chris Bacon]

Flippin' eck, you two boys. One says a gadget is good (it could well be, I haven't tried it) and the other says there are cheaper ways. Fine. Why get your pink knickers in a twist over it?

[Chris Bacon]

I'd like to know how far out the cutters go, and is the thing in the video clip what's sold (it doesn't look like it, at first sight). ".", can you say?

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is it objective ? is it based on experience ? no, ergo it's pointless (at best) ask questions, ask me to elaborate, maybe buy one and try it *then* you are in a position to offer objective criticism. (would you like to hear mine ? I've actually used one, it's not perfect)

I've tried /all/ other methods of trimming wallpaper, the trimeasy knocks them all into a cocked hat, especially on time saving and reduced wastage.

[Chris Bacon]

I can see the thing being handy at the top and bottom of a drop, but light switches... I'm a luddite too WRT this, I think.

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really ? how telling ! you really /don't/ get it, do you LOL

I first used the thing today on _heavy blown vinyl_ and it worked perfectly.

when I showed the trimeasy in action, taking a ( *5* mm slice off, effortlessly) to BiL and the mrs they both said "kinell, that's mad' BiL is putting an order in as he's toshing another house out.

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Ok if its the bee's knee's, if you have a digi camera with vid, just take a small vid on you doing the biz with it on blown vinyl. :-)

[Guy King]

The message from John Stumbles contains these words:

Really gets up my nose when people don't do that. I mean, how much does it add to the job to f*ck it nicely behind instead of making it look tacky and badly done?

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I've got 2 digital cameras, one MiniDV camcorder, .5GB of webspace and all the kit to do the do. and you want me to do all that to convince a no mark like you that the trimeasy is A Good Thing ?

LOL f*ck it, you're right, I'm wrong, the Trimeasy is s**te.

/until I post the video/ for the benefit of others (and to see you eat your hat)

then I expect an essay on why you think you can pretest a tool you've never used and dismiss the opinion of someone who's tried all the other methods and _actually used the tool_ with great ease and success.

*then* I want paragraph two on 'why people should be put off using a safe, modern and effective tool and steered towards using time consuming and potentially dangerous methods just because the turd pearl of derby says so even though he's never used the modern alternative'

I'm game if you are. I'll be finishing the utility room ceiling tomorrow afternoon after I get back from the building society. I expect you to have part one of your essay finished by then. don't forget to take a /before/ picture of your hat ;-)